locked out

Computer locked me out when idle for a couple of min.
Requests admin. password, I forgot it. I had to cut power
to log back in . It happened twice tontght. I have had
Win.XP home ed. for almost 2 years and never saw this
before.I am quite conserned.

MY PASSWORD EXPIRED TO MY ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT AND NOW
I AM LOCKED OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOUNT AND CAN
ONLY LOG IN AS A GUEST. I KNOW MY PASSWORD BUT IT WONT
LET ME LOG IN WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS EXPIRED. HOW DO I
FIX THIS?!?!

The only user account on my XP Home edition
is my ex-boyfriend, and it's password protected.
How can I get into Windows and set my user account
up again?

There is some software I use called ERD Commander, that allows you to change
the passwords on an XP machine.

Let me know if you want some more information.

Chris

"Judi" <mizmcclain@msn.com> wrote in message
news:21ea01c37386$30befa20$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> The only user account on my XP Home edition
> is my ex-boyfriend, and it's password protected.
> How can I get into Windows and set my user account
> up again?

Shut down your computer
then restarte in SAFE MODE (press F8)
then log in under administrator account
go to start, control panle,user accounts, set up a new
account

WILL ONLY WORK if YOU know the administrator account
password

>-----Original Message-----
>The only user account on my XP Home edition
>is my ex-boyfriend, and it's password protected.
>How can I get into Windows and set my user account
>up again?
>.
>

Judi, sugget you logon to
http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp This is Microsofts
frequently asked questions website. Your question will
surely be one of them

>-----Original Message-----
>The only user account on my XP Home edition
>is my ex-boyfriend, and it's password protected.
>How can I get into Windows and set my user account
>up again?
>.
>